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I am no longer officially a Teen Librarian. I might be having an existential crisis about it. This past Wednesday I started at a new branch in my large, urban, library system. It’s one of the advantages of such a system that changing branches doesn’t mean leaving the system entirely. Each branch is very different, … More Sunday Reflections: You can take the Librarian out of Teen…

“If I were in high school today, I would hate every minute of it.” A friend and fellow teen librarian said this to me a few days ago at an after-work gathering at the bar and I have never agreed with anything more in my life. We burst into conversation about how much we would … More In Defense of Introverts

Once upon a time… (Last Night) I was at my favorite bookstore, Women and Children First in Chicago, picking up a book I had ordered through them. Before I did that, of course, I had to wander through the entire bookstore as if I hadn’t just been there 6 days earlier. Because, obviously. I was looking … More A Librarian is Never Off Duty

So I have a teen, let’s call him R, who is a regular in the space. He’s a smart kid, and sensitive and adorable. Today he came to me asking why everything was so hard. Life in general, but especially dating. Because, let’s not sugar coat things, dating is hard. It really is. Especially when … More In Which I Give a Teen Some Dating Advice

Yesterday a bright, smiling, young teen (let’s call her M) came into the Teen Room for the first time. She was super excited about the space and the programs we offer, but was especially jazzed about the Gryffindor sweatshirt I was wearing, thus proving her excellent taste in life. I, of course, was quick to say that … More OUT in the Teen Space; See Also: Overthinking

In the wake of the NPR story about reference questions before the internet, I’ve had a lot of people asking more specifically what I do as a librarian and if I still get these kinds of questions. And this was right around Christmas where many of the gifts I gave where things I made (or are … More A Day in the Life of a Teen Librarian

I haven’t written much about my professional life since graduating Library School because it’s been pretty fucking depressing. It took me 6 months to find a very part time job as a Library Associate– a position for which I was over qualified and underpaid. But I had to take something… anything so I accepted it and … More A New Journey Begins

Holy Crap! I have never blogged four days in a row in my life. Ever. Practicum I’m currently doing a practicum at a local public library working with the teen service’s librarian. When I look forward to having a real grown up library job in a few months *hopefully* I see two roads diverging in … More HLS Day in the Life Day 4